Thursday, March 26, 2015

2015 has been declared the International Year of Light by the United Nations. The association regularly conducts meaningful observances; it is also the Year of Soils. Last year was the Year of Crystallography, the Year of Youth and so on, but it was most insightful of them to select Light and therefore pay homage to the natural phenomenon without which life could not exist.

Within my general practice clinic over the last fifteen years we have been using light, specifically laser-light, to heal patients with chronic pain. Initially I was a voice in the wilderness about how light accelerates the healing processes of the body, and at times it still appears to be the case as mainstream medicine is slow to take up the wonders of healing by light. It is easier and more profitable to write a prescription.

Current standard medical treatments of physical therapies and medication actually worsen chronic pain, thereby locking the patients into a life sentence.

It is Light that releases the patients from that life sentence by removing the mystery from chronic pain and illuminating its true origins. Clinical application of Light to pain afflicted areas of the body causes the cells to respond in a way that reduces inflammation and encourages blood flow. This means the injured cells receive revitalising oxygen and can heal.

Chronic pain is not a disease, it is not genetic, and it is not all in the mind. It is a very real physical condition and the path to its healing is found through applying the logic of the Science of our biology.

Light has always been a herald and in the case of pain medicine I believe it heralds in a long overdue medical revolution where the patients are in finally in control of their own bodies.

Hippocrates thought that it is a privilege to be a doctor, one must ‘Do Good – and Do No Harm’, and serve the patient. Yet in today’s world doctors are the privileged ones and the patients serve them, and are being harmed. When the Science of Light is more incorporated into mainstream medicine the mysteries of pain will melt away and healing will become a more inclusive and natural procedure.

Chronic pain has reached epidemic proportions but it is not a disease. Chronic pain is a genuine physical problem and its epidemic is being spread by the very treatments the doctors are prescribing. Over thirty percent of patients across the world present with back, neck, or head pain, the majority of whom are in chronic pain, but all doctors offer is a prescription for painkillers and a referral for intensive physical therapy. The patients never improve, in fact they get worse. Instead of receiving empathy and understanding they are often accused of being dishonest about the severity of their pain. Some are even sent for psychotherapy. 'The Art and Science of Healing - with Light' breaks that vicious cycle. Within it is explained to patients how they developed chronic pain in the first place and how to begin to heal their migraines, back pain, neck pain, tinnitus, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and all forms of chronic pain in general.

Doctor Mark Rogers bases the healing process on his 7 Principles of Healing Chronic Pain. His methods are all based in science, are common sense, pain free, drug free, have no painful exercises, and no 'mind over matter' meditations for coping because the problem is not in the mind of the patients, it is in their bodies at a deep cellular level. The 7 Principles have a conservative efficacy of eighty-five percent. As long as the Principles are followed the patient will heal. It is the medical system that is keeping patients in pain through ignoring the origin of the pain. Pain is not a mystery, it is not a disease, it means you are being hurt. Chronic pain means you are still being hurt. Written in a clear easy to read style with minimal medical jargon, The Art & Science Of Healing With Light is designed for patients to finally understand what happened to them and gain control over their healing processes so they can start healing today.

Dr. Mark Rogers has been a general practitioner for thirty years and developed his expertise in soft tissue injuries, chronic pain, and laser over the last twenty. A former migraine and back patient himself, he saw the need for a book specifically for patients and how to heal their pain. He has presented papers on his methods all over the world and lectures to post graduate Masters students. Three times nominated for Australian of the Year he lives in Adelaide, Australia, is married and has five children.

Co-author Nike Azovas is the author of four books. Her novel, ‘The Eagle of Spinalonga’ was an international bestseller and was one of Amazon UK’s One Thousand Best Books of 2013.

Two more novels are underway, a thriller called Woken and one about life in Greece during its financial crisis.

Trained in journalism, creative writing and business she lives in Greece and Australia, and has three children.

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